Assignment - Image to work on - Bath Time

[Lance Peters]

This image was taken during a sudden downpour on a otherwise extremely hot day - the white dashes in the BG are the rain pushed by a gale force wind, rain was very heavy for about 3 minutes and then it was gone - seemed to be a welcome reprieve from the heat for this little guy.

Note: This image is a straight RAW file, converted to jpeg format...Nothing was done to it...


Assignment: Work this image, making the corrections and enhancements necessary; using the post processing needed. List all the steps taken to polish the final product...

[Alfred Forns]

Lots of possibilities here ... waiting to see what you guys can come up with !!! btw really nice Lance !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Mr. Peters,
This is a wonderful image, no comments from me, curious to see what the brothers and sisters are going to come up with...:cool:

[Ramon M. Casares]

Terrific shot and a very good one to work on, I has a very good time doing it.
What I did was:

1-Crop to recompose.
2-Tone down the whites on the adult bird a bit.
3-Gave some Saturation.
4-Darkened the sky to achieve more contrast beteween the BG and the birds. (Juan Aragonés´ tip)
4-Sharpened the whole image.
5-Noise reduction.

I´ve also work on the adult´s eye with levels.

Hope you like it.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Ramon - like your work - looks very good to me - congrats :)

[Harold Davis]

nice repost, ramon!!! i cant touch that! nice base image, lance.

where would a beginner start with PS? i have no idea what to do or where to begin. it's becoming overwhelming!!! ugggggghhh

[Gerard Satherley]

Very nice image Lance and I really like the impact of Ramon's repost. I also like the interaction between the chick and parent, the low angle and the details.

[denise ippolito]

Lance, great shot-Ramons repost is very nice!